Idaho’s Reid Petryk ECHL Player of The Week

Reid Petryk of the Idaho Steelheads has been selected as the ECHL Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6.

Petryk scored scored four goals - including two game-winning tallies - and added three assists for seven points in three games last week.

The 25-year-old posted four points (2g-2a) in a 6-5 win at Rapid City and added three points (2g-1a) in a 4-2 victory at Tulsa on Saturday before being held off the scoresheet in a 3-1 loss to the Oilers on Sunday.

A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Petryk has 27 points (14g-13a) in 28 games with the Steelheads this season.

Petryk has posted 32 points (14g-18a) in 54 career ECHL games with Idaho and Fort Wayne while recording 78 points (36g-42a) in 205 career games in the American Hockey League with San Antonio and Lake Erie.

Prior to turning pro, Petryk had 160 points (65g-95a) in 321 career games in the Western Hockey League with Medicine Hat, Everett and Edmonton.

The Steelheads return to CenturyLink Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 7:10 p.m. to open a three-game weekend against the Toledo Walleye.